szaino

Unfortunately, the USGA rules are overly complicated. Almost every thread on this forum becomes pedantic to the average golfer. I don't think I used incorrect terminology in my example as it relates to this thread. Team rules in 24, outside of having a captain and dealing with giving advice, have nothing to do with how penalties may be enforced differently. My example was a team match play. The only pertinent info for this thread is that it is "match play." Teams may be made up of sides, a four ball is also made up of sides. Penalties may be enforced differently based upon whether it is stroke play or match play but whether the side is part of a larger team or not, I don't believe, changes "how" penalties are enforced.

thanks for the reference. I had kept looking and finally found it.

Good to know this. For team match play though - A and B against C and D, I don't think all penalties apply to the team, some only to the individual player. So the hole is played out. Just tried to find this in the rules but couldn't.